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chosen_of_khaine

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  1. Because luxury tech is different than a tabletop game that lots of people have invested time and money into? This really shouldn't be that hard to comprehend. This defense of GW's pricing, marketing, etc. is such a weird sentiment that I see all over the place as if the health of the game isn't something GW should consider.
  2. I dunno, maybe making a good game without fleecing players for as much money as possible? At least the warscrolls are free unlike 40k, GW treats 40k players like addicted whales.
  3. Has anyone done the mathhammer on when it is more beneficial to use +1 save via All-Out Defense vs. +1 to wards via Impenetrable Ranks?
  4. It is correct, because "-1 to hit" effects modify the hit roll (so counting a roll as a 3 when you roll a 4, for instance) but with that trait, unmodified rolls of 2+ always hit, so how the hit roll was modified doesn't matter.
  5. Hi folks, like many I'm branching out into Sylvaneth with the battleforce (pun intended) and in thinking about how to expand from there I've looked at many lists, including in this thread. I see many folks running reinforced units of Spiterider Lancers and/or Revenant Seekers, and I'm wondering - how many models do you realistically get into combat when they charge? 4? Or is it relatively easy to position them so you get 2 ranks, even with their 60mm bases?
  6. I find it weird that peoples' interest in playing the game is so tied up in how much release hype there currently is, especially when - odds are - the releases have nothing to do with an army that you play. I play the game because it's fun, not because a random army I don't play is getting a tome in the next month. And if you're tired of the current GHB (as I often am), you can just play last year's missions.
  7. I mean...did you read it? Not exactly an indication of them prioritizing balance in 40k based the paucity of those changes.
  8. Complaining about LRL is a part time job for this user, you won't convince them.
  9. Actually, looking at it zoomed in more, that definitely looks like the quiver, elbow, bow, etc. of the Hurakan Spirit of the Wind...sadly.
  10. That is curious, it does look like there's a model that isn't terrain behind there. Maybe a photoshop error? Or maybe...TYRION?!?
  11. As they stand right now, Windriders are definitely closer to the "chump" end of the "shooting game" spectrum. The wording implies that they have the potential to do mortal wounds with shooting, but in what capacity remains to be seen. Without seeing the new warscroll, the 'roos don't seem any more problematic than existing units that negate wards.
  12. While I agree "ignores wards" shouldn't exist, that started already - abilities like this are not new to the game. Nighthaunt, Kharadron, Orruks, and Fyreslayers already have access to "ignore wards" in some form or another.
  13. Let the complaining about snippets of rules previews commence!
  14. Very minor thing, but I LOVE the new art on the Lumineth book. Great colors, and I love the old school bismuth-looking Hysh crystals.
  15. And they undid that dumb ruling with abilities that set vs modify characteristics - things that set it are applied first, then modifiers. You know, like how everyone already played it.
  16. I really hope "aren't very good" just means "not abusable" and not "garbage tier" because the whole aesthetic of lines of pikemen backed up by archers with cavalry in the flanks is one of the major appeals of Lumineth. Then again, I'm pretty tired of vague discord leaks that are just one dude's opinions with minimal actual information, so I'm putting basically no weight to this.
  17. And if they didn't keep churning out new marines every edition, they wouldn't make up 40% of their annual sales. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. Look at how many people picked up Necrons after they got a massive overhaul, they were (and maybe still are) by far the most popular xenos faction when 9th released. And you didn't have to look far for people saying "I'd love to start an Eldar army but half the range is finecast" before their recent update. GW can choose to make 40k less Space Marine centric any time they want, but they won't.
  18. In the box, it was letting them do All-Out Attack/Defense again on a 4+, in the book they are treated as wyldwoods when near an objective. Same ability name - Envoys of the Everqueen
  19. I didn't say they weren't popular, my point is entirely that of the group of people that complain about LRL online, some number don't play very frequently, and some number haven't played much (or at all) vs LRL - and I'd bet the number that do and have is under 50% of the online complainers. Wasn't intended to be a nuanced point, just to get across that the vocal complainers online are (I believe) very overrepresentative of people who actually have experience playing against the army, and have their opinions mostly formed by online content creators, which leads to the community hating on an army for not much reason more than someone online telling them to.
  20. Bringing cutthroat meta lists in casual games vs "poor timmy" has always been an issue independent of the armies themselves, which can be further exacerbated by poor matchups. The majority of true Negative Play Experience TM comes from the players themselves, not army rules. Tournament popularity doesn't necessarily correlate with casual popularity, but more to my point I think you overestimate how much the vocal online complainers actually play the game. And when they do, they'll already have the opinions of certain weekly content creators floating around in their heads to justify anything that doesn't go their way in a game.
  21. While I agree that Foxes, Sentinels, and Total Eclipse aren't the most interactive to play against, every army has elements that could be a "NPE" (such an awful, overused term). Let's not ignore the fact that much of what determinies which armies get hate and which armies are deemed "fine" is merely the discourse around them coming from 1-2 major AoS content creators, whose (often poor) takes get uncritically parroted throughout the community and basically just become memes. I would bet money that ~50% of people who have complained about LRL online have not played a single game against them. Season of War once had a battle report with LRL a while back that ended up very one sided, not because of any "cheese" or "NPE", just the mission and dice plus some very good play from the LRL player. Nonetheless, the comment section was full of "ugh stop playing LRL" or "nerf LRL already" because the community just decided they were the army to hate. Like most internet memes, it gets tired pretty quick.
  22. There is no way Sentinels are 220 and Teclis is 950 unless every other army is getting extraordinary points increases as well.
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